I am pretty much setup the way you are. Not ALL of my attachments come
through this way, but many do. The following is the tail end of a recent
email...
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Clearly I should have ended up with an attachement file called
cien0409.pdf.... but I didn't.
Thu, 10 Apr 2003 08:14:57 -0700
>Larry Samberg on 4/10/03 said
>
>>I apologize if this list isn't meant for help....but I need some advice
>>quickly......
>Hey -- that's what it is for.. people helping people.
>
>>1. I get A LOT of email with file attachments (PPT, XLS, DOC, etc.). It
>>appears that Powermail doesn't decode these. I just open them up and get
>>pages of Binhex. These are not TNEF encoded files (since the MIME
>>separator has the correct file name "foo.ppt" not winmail.dat and also
>>because OSX Mail can decode them). This problem is a non-starter for me
>>since I need to read these files for my job. Is there some configuration
>>that I am missing?
>
>Well, I am not sure. Look in preferences under General, Attachments, and
>HTML reader. Most of us keep the HTML reader turned off and used the
>globe item, as I see you were told already.
>
>Also I use Peferences, display, show attachments in message preview and
>click on the attachment from there. If this doesn't work,
>
>Attachments go in a folder, by default an attachments folder in your
>PowerMail files folder but can be selected to go anywhere. I've never had
>any problem with an attachment that had the correct extension. You may
>have to a. open the application and then open the attachment from the
>application or b. tell your Mac which file to open this particular
>attachment with. [that was bad grammar but hopefully you get the idea.]
>
>Also check setup, mail accounts and be sure to click the "Advanced"
>triangle, perhaps you have set to only partially retrieve messages over
>so many kilobytes. There is another setting for this under Mail
>Schedulings, as well. [Options]
>
>If you have set to show attachments in message preview and they are not
>all retrieved, the icon will be different. Click on it to get a green
>down pointing arrow and it will be retrieved at your next connection.
>
>--
>Barbara Needham
>
>
>
